Robert douglas bennett



(No Model.) 'I

R. D. BENNETT.

WASHING MAQHINB.vv

Patented oct. 4,1881.A

INVENTOR l ATTORNEYS.

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rArEs n ilustran i PATENT OFFICE.

ROBERT D. BENNETT, OF MANCHESTER, ENGLAND, ASSIGNOR TO MARCTUS BIBBERO, oF SAME PLAGE.

wAsHiNG-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming Y.part of Letters Patent No. 247,877, dated October 4, 1881.

Application tiled May 13, 1881. (No model.) Patented in England July 26, 1879.

bolts engaging in slots in other radial arms,

whereby the said rubber may be lifted from one end for the introduction and removal of articles and then secured ir. place, as will behcreinafter more fully explained.

.In the accompanyingdrawings, forming part 2o of this specification, Figure l is a side elevation, partially in section, of my improved machine, and Fig. 2is a plan view.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A is a box or receptacle, which may be of any suitable construction and mounted on legs,

if desired. 'Within the box A is the yielding bed, consisting of a curved grating, b, which,

as shown, is composed of rounded bars of wood, attached by each end to wooden side cheeks, c c. To the' said cheeks are attached two hollow metal iioats, d d, which are made of thin copper or zinc or other suitable metal.

The tloats add tothe buoyancy of the grating b, so that when a quantity of water is placed in the receptacle, the said grating offers a resistance to being submerged. In case the said grating be not buoyant without the aid of the i floats, the oats are'proportioned to impart a 4o suitable buoyancy tothe grating. The yield ing bed so formed is free to rise and fall within the receptacle, being guided by the sides or other suitable means.

To the sides of the box A standards e e are secured by bolts passing through slots in the standards, so that the standards may be adjusted vertically, and in the upper ends of these standards bearings are formed for a rocking shaft,f. On this rocking shaftare fixed arms g g, and to these arms is hinged a curved 5o frame, h, to which are xed bars t' i, of Wood or other suitable material, which constitute the vibrating rubber. The curve formed by these bars is struck from the axis of shaftf and frame h, or thereabout. The curve ofthe yielding bed is preferably struck with a radius which is a little shorter than that of the vibrat` ing rubber, but I do not limit myselfin that .Ii-articular. The frame h is hinged-at 7c to the arms g, and can be turned up into the posi- 6o tion indicated by the dotted lines,in order that the articles to be washed or treated may be introduced below the bars z'. When this iseffected the said frame is turned down into the position indicated by the full lines, and is secured in that position by means of hinged bolts l l". These bolts are hinged to the frame h,- and are formed with projections which enter g holes in arms g.

On one-end of the shaftfis fixed an arm, 7o m., to which one end of a connectinglink is jointed. The other end of, this link engages with a crank-pin', o, which is xed in a disk that is upon a shaft, p. This shaft is tted to revolve in suitable bearings which aresecured tothe receptacle, and upon the other end of the shaft is ixed a spur-pinion, s, which gears with a spur-wheel, r, which is mounted upon a Vfixed stud.

To the spur-wheel is xedasnitable fly-wheel 8o or hand-wheel,

It will be seen that when the hand-wheel is turned a vibrating motion will be communicated to the arms g and the rubber-frame h.

When the machine is to be used for washin g, 8 54 water and detergent are put in the receptacle and the'articles placed below the rubber-frame' h, in the manner before indicated. The handwheel t is then turned, whereby the rubber is caused to vibrate and to operate upon the-ar- 9o ticles, the buoyancy of the bed or grating-b furnishing a yielding upward pressure of the articles against the rubber. v Washing machines constructed in accordance with'my invention maybe used in all the 95 processes of washing, cleansing, rinsing, and

starching.

Having thus fully described my invention,

The above specification of my invention Io signed by me this 20th dey of April, 188i.

EoEEET EOUGLAS BENNETT.

Witnesses:

ARTHUR C. HALL, l ALBERT E. HALL, l S. C0nsula1c,']lla1wr., Enf/land. 

